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OTTAWA, MARCH 3, 2015 – Today, Startup Canada announced its official support for the LatAm Startups Conference, the premier event connecting entrepreneurs, investors, and public policy officials from Latin America and Canada. The conference aims to boost innovative, sustainable startup ecosystems in the respective regions.
“There are ample opportunities for startup growth in both Canada and Latin America,” said Victoria Lennox, CEO and co-founder of Startup Canada. “I look forward to meeting with visiting startup community leaders and connecting them with sister cities here in Canada.”
Lennox has visited Latin America twice in the last six months, first to deliver the keynote address at the 2014 LatAm Startups Conference in Chile and later as a delegate on a State visit to Chile and Colombia led by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.
The LatAm Startups Conference will be held during the Pan American Games in Toronto July 9-10, 2015. Thought leaders from across the regions will be speaking, including the heads of Startup Brasil, Startup Mexico, Startup Peru, and Startup Canada.
“We live in an age of exponentially increasing innovation,” said Miryam Lazarte, CEO of the LatAm Startups Conference. “This creates opportunities for Canada and Latin America, both booming with world-class startups, to work hand-in-hand for mutual profitability and growth.”
In addition to a full day of speakers and workshops on July 10, the conference will also offer optional startup ecosystem tours in Toronto and Waterloo on July 9. These private bus tours will give visiting startups from the Americas the opportunity to learn about Canada’s leading entrepreneurship ecosystems.
“Both Canada and Latin America have a lot to offer in terms of technology transfer, investment expertise, angel investing, and community building best practices,” said Lennox. “We hope this conference marks the beginning of a growing relationship between regions.”
For more information, contact:
Kathryn Forrest
Startup Canada
1-844-782-7801
press@startupcan.ca
LatAm Startups Conference
Contact@LatAmStartups.biz
1-778-650-5086
About Startup Canada
Startup Canada is a grassroots, entrepreneur-led movement founded in May 2012 that has become the most recognized, energized and active entrepreneurship organization in Canada. Startup Canada’s programs have mentored more than 20,000 Canadians, grown to represent more than 80,000 entrepreneurs, and increased entrepreneurial momentum, wealth and jobs in Canada while promoting Canada’s diversified economy and high quality of life.
Startup Canada is recognized globally as the benchmark for fuelling grassroots entrepreneurship. It has educated the leaders of peer organizations in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, South Korea, South America and the United States.
About LatAm Startups Conference
With the support of Startup Canada and Government of Canada, the LatAm Startups Conference will be held in Toronto during the Pan American Games. Startups from different Latin American countries will come to Toronto to learn more about the Canadian Startup Ecosystem.